Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-06

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tinnous record Of their wsoderinRs and
achievements women we're looked upon
~ in no sense lhseqnaI Of men. Look
ing further back toward the Beginnings
OF the raee. through the comparative
siudy Of language. wsand the condition
Of women becoming more and more de-
graded until We reach . point 81 which
they we're locked upen ~ only iittls
above The beasts Of burden, and 81
WATCH. Il May be remarked, men and
womsn alike we're TIE most degraded
savaRes.
From that point . steady advances
meat In the condition Of weman is 10
be noted. TIE ideal woman OF our saw
ago fprsfafheFs vas probably the wo-
man Who could carry the beaxisst bur
den With least fatigue That idea. has
changed with the advance Of mankind,
and n has developed In as many diver
gent ways e. civilization itsslf. To the
Oriental mind the woman VIE Ia physio-
ally most beautiful has ever been tbs
most perfect. Beauty has beOn The
GROWING grace Of womAnh0od In the
opinion Of evsFy Oriental people. an.
Client or modern. There is 10 exception
70 this. AssyEians. ancient Psrsians,
modern PeFsians. Turks and the many
other peoples whs have occupied what
We term the Orient. have had the same
ideal Of womanhood. Nor has the ideal
changed. Tbs haFem Of the Saltan Of
Turkey today differs little, II ct all,
from the harem Of the saladin, VINO
farced the Crusaders. or from that Of
Solomon, the great monarch OF the
IsFaeIites. TIE sphere Of the Oriental
woman has changed listls. II at all. in
more thaa three thousand years.
Among the Greeks We fnd the Orient
Al ideal chang d and strengthened By
The vigorous and independent thoaRht
Of that wonderful people. To the
Greek mind. or. more properly. to the
Athenian mind. the ideal woman was
the woman Of loftisst thoaRht Greek
sculpture gives us an idea Of the Greek
standard Of excellence In woman.
Beautiful TO the highest degree the i'm
ages Of Aphrodits, Pallas and Hers
certainly are. but they are not physical.
~ beautiful alone. The strong lines Of
those magnificent faces are indicative.
not Of the mind Of Oriental woman
hood, but Of the strong, vigorous. intel
lsctual life of Greece. AspssiA may
probably be regarded as approaching
the ideal Of Greek Womanhood as
nearly As any woman ever approached
the ideal Of Der people. Physically
beautiful she vas. Of course. but IL vas
her strong intelleetual fierce which lift
cd her above the century In vhi.h she
lived and made her name familiar 10
the ages.
Al for the Romans. their very Ideal Of
womanhood paFtook Of their strong
martial natures. We have the ideal
Roman mother, but Il is neither beauty
nor intellect which commanded the sd.
OF her country men. II vas
OF mind, strength 10
slll and strength 70 do. strength 10 tear
Der very heart strings. II you will.-to
lay her bleeding Offspring on her oOun-
IFy's altar and gaze with fearless eyes
apon their gushing blood. suffering but
silent Il Is the mother whose face
sAanees not. whose determination yields
not az the aQonized cry. ''Oh, mother,
,ou have saved Rone bat lost yoar sons
with the degeaeEaey OF Rome. the
strength o. this Ideal disappeared and
he Oriental lines began 10 appear more
md more 10 TIE image Of the Romans
perfect woman. But, even IN the days
" their greatest laxury. the Romans
aad sympathy for q zenobia whsre they
I'D none for 3 oleopasra. The stoFy Of
be stronR. bold huntress oaeen Of Pal
nyra charmed their ears vhen they
soald rot hstsa 10 the story 81 The
Ezyptian Qassa.
But vhAi is the American ideal Of
RomanAOsdF Do we Gnd d Oiled IN ths
strong insellsosnal personality Of IN
lspasiA3 In the sofa beauty OF Cleo
,atraP 10 The strength Of q Zensbia9
10 the weird feTvos Of q Joan Of Areg
10 the stFOog mental grasp Of an Eliza
osth or Maria Thsrssaf In The sciu-
illatine briliisney, the eloEious has
parely iatellseial development, 81 9
dadAue ds stasls Do ~ aud q in any
v IN all 81 thsaeg
The American mind ean comprehend
and admire the aaslitiss which made
hes wsnsn great bat lie Ideal woman
s - different from any Of then a.
lnssioAn life ard character Is diserrut
RON the life and eAAracser Of Grescs.
Rome or nidssval Earope. There esn
'cAroely Be- ssia % Be any one pre- emf
leut Representatives Ot she highest tyre
4 AmsrieAn womaneOod. for there are
hOassnds Of wemsa whe approash The
ImsFissa ideal The mind Of every
nan can Dwell aPoa As least one. TEE
Seal AmsrteAn woman b domestic. 70
IRfsas, charitable. Her Usefulness b
rsrisd-arsi, in the hsne; sseond. in
be eharoe; ard. third. In works %
Aarity.
ThAt ibis AmsrieAn IDEAL Of woman
ODD = more nesriy The perfsss ideal b
viaent eeeauss "a leaves % woman
sore eansletsiy tie work for walsh
be h Htlsd An6 wtsh walsh shs h masi
oussaG Ia ne ara psars. q pssssp-
Gees tks nsnsal eqsalisy 81 vonsa